BBVA Compass Stadium
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View from inside the stadium with the Downtown Houston skyline in the background
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| Address | 2200 Texas Avenue |
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| Coordinates | 29°45.132′N 95°21.144′W / 29.752200°N 95.352400°WCoordinates: 29°45.132′N 95°21.144′W / 29.752200°N 95.352400°W |
| Public transit | EaDo/Stadium |
| Owner | Harris County–Houston Sports Authority |
| Operator | Anschutz Entertainment Group |
| Capacity | 22,039 |
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2012-2014: 115 yd × 70 yd (105 m × 64 m) |
| Surface | Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass |
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| Broke ground | February 5, 2011 |
| Opened | May 12, 2012 |
| Construction cost | $95 million ($99.1 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Populous |
| Project manager | Harris County - Houston Sports Authority/ICON Venue |
| Structural engineer | Walter P. Moore |
| Services engineer | M–E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Manhattan Construction Company |
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Houston Dynamo (MLS) (2012–present) Texas Southern Tigers (NCAA) (2012–present) Houston Cougars (NCAA) (2013) Houston Baptist Huskies (NCAA) (2013) Houston Dash (NWSL) (2014–present) |
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2012-2014: 115 yd × 70 yd (105 m × 64 m)
BBVA Compass Stadium is an American soccer-specific stadium located in Houston, Texas that is home to the Houston Dynamo, a Major League Soccer club, the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League, and to Texas Southern Tigers football. The stadium is the result of combined commitments of $35.5 million from the city of Houston and $60 million from the Houston Dynamo. Harris County agreed to pay for half of the land in exchange for the ability to jointly own the stadium after its completion date in May 2012. BBVA Compass, a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, is the stadium's sponsor company.
The stadium is located on a tract of land bordered by Texas, Walker, Dowling and Hutchins in East Downtown and east of Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59 and Downtown Houston.
In June 2009, negotiations and financing began to fall into place with construction of the stadium originally beginning as early as Fall 2009. Banks and investors were in the books to finance the project and only minor details were being worked out. Various locations the Dynamo were interested in building a stadium since their arrival were the former Astroworld site, Pearland, Sugar Land, and Northeast Houston near the Lake Houston area.
On January 26, 2010, the Houston Dynamo franchise had expressed an interest in a proposed 30-acre (120,000 m2) parcel for the stadium location at South Rice Avenue and Westpark Drive—adjacent to Bellaire's city limits, and near the southwest corner of the Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 and the Interstate 610 interchange. Two days later, the Mayor of Bellaire, Cindy Seigel said that she would use whatever power she could to oppose the possible new location and is in communication with the developer to dissuade him. She acknowledges that considering that the land is in Houston's city limits and only abuts her city, the odds are slim and said in an open letter to Midway:
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